Copy-holder.



No. 708,203. Patented Sept. 2, I902.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS P. CHANDLER, OF ROCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

COPY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,203, dated September 2, 1902.

Application filed March 17,1902. Serial No. 98,627. '(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS P. CHAND ER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Copy-Holders,

of which the followin g is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a new and improved copy-holder particularly designed for holding or supporting note-books of the class usually employed by stenographers.

To this end my invention consists of a new and improved copy-holder, in means for pre-.

Referring to the drawings, the copy-holder comprisestwo arms 1 and 2, which cross each other and are joined together at their centers by a pin or rivet 3. Each arm is provided with turned-up end portions 4, which latter are adapted to engage with and support a note-book 5.

For the purpose of preventing the holder fromslipping and scratching the desk or table when in use I employ rests or supports 6, which, as illustrated, consist of small rubber tubes or callers placed on each arm, preferably in the manner shown by the drawings. The cross-arms 1 and'2 may be made of any suitable material. In practice I prefer to use either round or fiat wire, and in order to prevent the arms coming in contact with the desk or table on which the holder is placed the centers of each arm where they cross and are joined together are struck up at 7, as particularly shown by Fig. 3. It will be noted that this construction permits the holder to be supported on the means 6 only, no other part of the holder coming in contact with the desk.

\ The holder is adapted for supporting books of various sizes and is of such a nature that the arms may be brought together and the holder conveniently carried.

What I claim is 1. As an article of manufacture, a copyholder, comprising two arms crossing each other and pivotally joined, and turned-up end portions on each arm, substantially as set forth.

2. As an article of manufacture, a copyholder, comprising two arms crossing each other and each having turned-up end portions, and rests or supports on each arm, substantially as set forth.

3. As an article of manufacture, a copyholder, comprising two arms crossing each other and pivotally joined, each provided with turned-up end portions, and rests or supports on each arm, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS P. CHANDLER. 

